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Closing the gap between vocational and general education? : evidence from University Technical Colleges in England

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2020

'University Technical Colleges' (UTCs) in 2010 for students aged 14 to 18. 49 UTCs have been created since then. We use a spatial …-standard transition age of 14, UTCs dramatically reduce their academic achievement on national exams at age 16. However, for students who …. They also improve achievement in STEM qualifications, and enrolment in apprenticeships. By age 19, UTC students are less …

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"Teaching to teach" literacy

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2016

Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains...

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New technology in schools : is there a payoff?

Machin, Stephen (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2006

Despite its high relevance to current policy debates, estimating the causal effect of Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment on educational standards remains fraught with difficulties. In this paper, we exploit a change in the rules governing ICT funding across different school...

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Crime and police resources : the street crime initiative

Machin, Stephen (contributor); Marie, Olivier (contributor) - 2005

In this paper we look at links between police resources and crime in a different way to the existing economics of crime work. To do so we focus on a large-scale policy intervention the Street Crime Initiative that was introduced in England and Wales in 2002. This allocated additional resources...

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Crime and immigration : evidence from large immigrant waves

Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen; Fasani, Francesco - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an opportunity to carefully appraise whether the populist view that immigrants cause crime is borne out by rigorous evidence. We consider possible crime effects from two large waves...

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The crime reducing effect of education

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 2010

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However, it is essential to ensure that the direction of...

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The changing economic advantage from private school

Green, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard; Zhu, Yu - 2010

Despite its relatively small size, the private school sector plays a prominent role in British society. This paper focuses on changing wage and education differentials between privately educated and state educated individuals in Britain. It reports evidence that the private/state school wage...

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Panic on the streets of London : police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks

Draca, Mirko (contributor); Machin, Stephen (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in...

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Resources and standards in urban schools

Machin, Stephen (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2007

impact has been in more disadvantaged schools and on the performance of middle and high ability students within these schools …

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Youth crime and education expansion

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 2012

We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the whole education distribution and, in...

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